Having little more than geographical proximity and the
overdrive settings on their amplifiers in common with the
Melvins, Karp  a trio from Tumwater, Washington
 has nonetheless repeatedly been compared to Buzz's
clique by dint of its unmitigated squalling. Mustaches
Wild lets rip with fast, assailing shitstorms of guitar
noise, frantic screaming and flailing percussion 
ugly, shapeless and poorly recorded. "Valley of the Kings"
effectively breaks the gruesome mold with an
atmospherically refined instrumental intro and a segment of
wispy, quiet vocals before the cruelty begins, but that's
as good as it gets.

Suplex is a different story. Not only does the
album extend the courtesy of printed lyrics 
revealing some imagination in the tales of consumerism,
("Pie," "Treats to the Soul") and roller derby history
("Connect 5"), as well as random collections of epigrams
("Shotzie," "Absolutely Fibulous" and "Lorch-Miller," which
takes two-and-a-half minutes to reach the first vocal line)
 the band's ungodly power surges have been channeled
into effectively semi-tight riff exercises. Between the
amplitude modulation, pummeling songs that occasionally do
more than start and stop and the semi-understandable
singing, Suplex takes a giant step in the right
direction.

Karp drummer Scott Jernigan died June 10, 2003 in
Seattle when a boat he was in hit a dock. He was 28.